Question follow-through · 63361
Floods: Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the reclassification of the St Ives Staunch as a navigation, rather than a flooding, asset on the risk of flooding from the River
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 27 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 4 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the reclassification of the St Ives Staunch as a navigation, rather than a flooding, asset on the risk of flooding from the River
1 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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4 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Environment Agency (EA) have assessed a range of data and evidence linked to the St Ives Staunch Sluice. This has included hydraulic modelling and real-world data from flood events. The evidence shows that the asset provides very limited flood risk be...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Floods: Huntingdon
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 63361 on Floods: Huntingdon; what works the Environment Agency will undertake on the St Ives Staunch Sluice in the next two years.
Floods: Huntingdon
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July to Question 63361 on Floods: Huntingdon, if will she publish the (a) hydraulic modelling and (b) real-world data from flood events relating to the St I
Floods: Huntingdon
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 63361 on Floods: Huntingdon, what the condition is of the St Ives Staunch Sluice.
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